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- ርልዪረMarch 23, 2026✈️👨🏿When terrorists take over a passenger plane while he is in the bathroom, it is up to an airline security specialist to thwart them in this action thriller clearly modeled on 'Die Hard'. Given the familiarity of the basic scenario, 'Passenger 57' is a surprisingly entertaining affair with Bruce Payne making for a memorable charismatic chief villain, plus there are several well coordinated action scenes that take into account the inherent claustrophobia of being in a plane. With this in mind, it seems quite uncanny how much of the action takes place outside the plane with several minutes spent on a chase through a fairground before the characters find themselves in the air once again. The dialogue is also hardly first rate with the film sorely missing the wit that Bruce Willis brought to the 'Die Hard' movies. Something interesting though is that the film is set up to be a redemption movie with protagonist Wesley Snipes haunted by the death of his wife at the hands of a criminal, and yet the film avoids setting up a near-identical scene to give him a chance to act differently, with Snipes instead having to find an alternative path to redemption. The ending feels more than a little rushed though with limited time spent on Snipes and Payne going head to head. This is an extraordinary short movie too, clocking in at just over 80 minutes, but at least it never outstays its welcome.
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Passenger 57 was released on November 6, 1992.
Passenger 57 was directed by Kevin Hooks.
Passenger 57 has a runtime of 84m.
Passenger 57 was produced by Dylan Sellers, Lee Rich, Dan Paulson.
Airline security specialist John Cutter, finally returning to the job after his wife's death, finds himself stuck on a flight being hijacked by notorious terrorist Charles Rane. Unfortunately for the terrorists, they're also stuck with him.
The key characters in Passenger 57 are John Cutter (Wesley Snipes), Charles Rane (Bruce Payne), Sly Delvecchio (Tom Sizemore).
Passenger 57 is rated R.
Passenger 57 is an Action, Adventure, Thriller film.
Passenger 57 has an audience rating of 3.8 out of 10.
Passenger 57 had a budget of $15M.
Passenger 57 has made $44.1M at the box office.